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UpToDate’s Value Proposition
UpToDate synthesizes the most recent medical information
into evidence-based, practical recommendations clinicians
trust to make the right point-of-care decisions.
Easy to Use
Relevant
Content
World-renowned
Authors
UpToDate Facts-at-a-Glance
• 9,000+ topics in 18 specialties
• Additional 5,000+ unique drug entries
• 700+ patient information topics
• 4,800+ physician authors, editors and peer reviewers
• 7,700+ graded recommendations
• 450,000+ users in 149 countries
Specialties Covered in UpToDate
Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine
Nephrology and Hypertension
Allergy and Immunology
Neurology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Dermatology*
Oncology
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Pediatrics
Family Medicine
Psychiatry*
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Geriatrics
Rheumatology
Hematology
Surgery*
Hospital Medicine
*In development
UpToDate Is Trusted Worldwide
UpToDate has users in
149 countries
UpToDate’s Editorial Process
• Authored and edited by leading physicians
• World-renowned expertise
• Hand-searching of 460+ journals
• Three-tiered peer review process
UpToDate’s Editorial Process
Our authors collaborate with
multiple specialty editors to
create or update the topic.
New clinical studies
are released that
impact care.
Topic is
available to
clinicians
worldwide via
UpToDate.
The topic is
peer-reviewed.
UpToDate
Editorial
Process
Final topic content
consensus is reached.
A grading
editor reviews
the graded
recommendations.
Graded Recommendations
Grades denote strength of recommendation
and quality of evidence
• Strong recommendation = Grade 1
• Weak recommendation = Grade 2
• Evidence = Grade A, B or C
[ “We recommend” ]
[ “We suggest” ]
[ High, moderate or low quality ]
Graded Recommendations
Hierarchy of Evidence
High - Quality
Meta-analyses of randomized trials
of high methodological quality
Randomized trials with
methodological limitations
Low - Quality
Observational studies
Unsystematic clinical observations
Users Say
UpToDate Improves Care
94% improves quality of care
89% changed management
81% changed diagnostic testing
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Source: UpToDate Subscriber Survey, 2010
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Medical Professionals
Endorse UpToDate
UpToDate “changes the way
you practice medicine — really.”
Pam Wetzel, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, IL
Medical Professionals
Endorse UpToDate
UpToDate “applicability to
patients is in evidence every day.”
Marc Greenwald, MD
Chief of Medicine
Signature Healthcare-Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA
Medical Professionals
Endorse UpToDate
“UpToDate is …a new way
of practicing medicine …
for day-to-day practice
there is no other product.”
R.M. Valentijn, MDMDHAGA Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands